Joseph M. Simas

Set in Hanford, California, Joseph M. Simas is a medium-sized elementary campus, run under Hanford Elementary. It works with 514 students across grades K through 6.

Across the 12 schools in Hanford Elementary (5,460 students total), Joseph M. Simas accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, Joseph M. Simas reports that 63% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 20% White, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial, 5% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Joseph M. Simas has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 23.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 22.3:1, putting Joseph M. Simas higher than the state norm the norm. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Kings County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, Joseph M. Simas performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.0%, the actual is 54.1%, a residual of +11.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Kings County reports that median household earnings sit near $70,995, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Kings County's 67 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,742 students), Joseph M. Simas is one campus in the mix.

Hanford Online Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Joseph M. Simas. On composite proficiency, Joseph M. Simas comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.5%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Joseph M. Simas has contracted 3%, going from 531 students in 2018 to 514 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 29% to 20% over that span.

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